Roofing in Carrington, North Dakota

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Carrington adopts the North Dakota State Building Code on a FLOATING basis and adds no building-code amendments of its own. City of Carrington Ordinances, Chapter 9, Buildings, Article I, Section 9.0101, provides, in full: "The erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, removal, demolition, conversion, occupancy, equipment, uses, height, area, and maintenance of buildings or structures in the City of Carrington shall meet with the provisions of the rules and regulations of the North Dakota State Building Code and any future updates and amendments to that code, copies of which are on file with the City Auditor and are hereby made a part of this chapter by reference, and the City of Carrington hereby adopts said code as so modified." The words "and any future updates and amendments to that code" make the adoption floating, so a state update reaches Carrington without a new City ordinance. WHAT THAT MEANS TODAY. The North Dakota State Building Code book, effective January 1, 2026, states: "Effective January 1, 2026, the North Dakota State Building Code consists of the 2024 International Building Code (IBC), International Residential Code (IRC), International Mechanical Code (IMC), International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), International Energy Conservation Code, and the International Existing Building Code as published by the International Code Council (ICC)." A house in Carrington therefore runs on the 2024 International Residential Code. THE STATE FRAMEWORK BEHIND THE ELECTION. North Dakota Century Code 54-21.3-03(6) provides: "The governing body of a city, township, or county that elects to administer and enforce a building code shall adopt and enforce the state building code. However, the state building code may be amended by cities, townships, and counties to conform to local needs." Carrington has not exercised that local-amendment power for its building code - Chapter 9, read in full (Articles I through V, Sections 9.0101 through 9.0138), contains no amendment to the adopted code's technical provisions; its only substantive content beyond the adoption clause is the Building Official's office and duties (Article II), the dangerous-buildings abatement process (Article III), an appeals process (Article IV), and a storage-container permit scheme (Article V), none of which touches roofing. TWO STATUTORY EXEMPTIONS WORTH KNOWING. NDCC 54-21.3-04(2)(a) exempts "Buildings which are neither heated nor cooled" from the state building code entirely, and 54-21.3-04(3) provides "Any building used for agricultural purposes, unless a place of human habitation or for use by the public, is exempt from this chapter." Neither exemption is adjudicated here as to any particular structure; both are reported because a farm building or an unheated outbuilding in Foster County may fall outside the code altogether. THE AMENDMENT PROCESS ITSELF. NDCC 54-21.3-03(1) directs the Department of Commerce, with the State Building Code Advisory Committee, to adopt rules updating the code; the Administrative Code chapter implementing that process (Article 108-01) sets out the voting jurisdictions and update cycle but does not itself state the current edition - that is published separately in the state building code book cited above.

Carrington City Hall is at 103 10th Ave N, PO Box 501, Carrington, ND 58421, on 701-652-2911, open Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. The Building Permits and Inspections Department states it is "responsible for permitting all construction and conducting inspections of all construction-related permits as well as issuance of Certificates of Occupancy, Fire Prevention, and Special Events," and that it is responsible for conducting building construction inspections, issuing building permits, issuing certificate of occupancy permits, reviewing building plans, and working directly with the Planning and Zoning Commission. It states: "To obtain a permit for both residential and commercial uses, simply download the forms below (if available) or give us a call and we will be happy to provide you with the necessary forms." NEITHER A FEE SCHEDULE NOR A PERMIT-EXEMPT WORK LIST IS PUBLISHED ONLINE. Both the City's Business Licenses & Permits page and its Fee & Rate Schedule page are content-free beyond directing a caller to visit City Hall or telephone the office; no roofing-specific fee table or exempt-work list is posted on either. The only building-related document the City links online alongside the permits page is an Excavation Permit Application, unrelated to roofing. WHERE THE CODE LIVES. Carrington publishes its whole codified ordinance as per-chapter PDFs on its Ordinances page, including Chapter 9, Buildings, and Chapter 19, Licenses.